Name: Cattlemen’s Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR livestock auction prices — 2024-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were uneven, from 3.00 lower to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold uneven, mostly 4.00 lower to 8.00 higher. No comparisons on slaughter cows and bulls as they were not reported last week but strong buyer interest was noted. Supply was good with good buyer attendence and good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.74/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −148.81 against this barn's trailing median of $439.55.

Average price

$290.74

52 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$55.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.63

vs AR average

−20.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	301.44	1,632	37
Medium and Large 1-2	510	285.00	1,454	7thin
Medium and Large 2	567	246.24	1,397	8thin

One grade step is worth $55.20/cwt here — about $235 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $471.38, low $406.63, median $439.55 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale52 hd

290.74

—

AR average9 barns · 237 hd

295.36

−4.63

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−20.02

This barn, trailing median15 sales

439.55

−148.81

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,398	147.12	2,057	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,512	134.31	2,031	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	125.75	1,445	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	961	109.51	1,052	24

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,178	$1,564	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$1,513	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,045	$1,415	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	947	$1,389	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,370	$2,200	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$1,375	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	820	$1,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

103 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Exchange - Cord, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	466	338.85/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,579	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	1,513.36/head	1,375.00–1,925.00	1,513	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,688	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,805	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,414.95/head	1,325.00–1,485.00	1,415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	1,563.69/head	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,564	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	238.60/cwt	227.50–245.00	1,248	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	144.10/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,624	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	1,389.35/head	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,389	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	241.63/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,392	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	430	269.77/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	257.64/cwt	235.00–280.00	1,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	425	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	249.63/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	267.35/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,297	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,415	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	307.08/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	365	322.94/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,179	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	517	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	431	351.29/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,514	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	318.67/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,507	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	329.87/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,418	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	320	410.34/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,313	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	713	241.76/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	308.32/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,653	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	383.23/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,242	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	290.77/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,556	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	244.06/cwt	232.50–260.00	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	290.95/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	350	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,313	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	272.53/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,516	1
Bulls	—	—	930	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,088	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	138.96/cwt	138.00–140.00	2,068	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,950	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	119.13/cwt	114.00–126.00	1,202	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	114.32/cwt	108.00–124.00	1,212	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	131.21/cwt	124.00–141.00	1,564	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	233.33/cwt	232.50–235.00	1,458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	306.40/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,137	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	236.36/cwt	228.00–260.00	1,610	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	276.79/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,448	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	274.99/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,312	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	302.76/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,420	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	258.72/cwt	247.50–265.00	1,477	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	338.00/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,284	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	268.63/cwt	257.00–277.50	1,408	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,169	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	323.48/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,384	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	305.78/cwt	285.00–325.00	985	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	232.26/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,208	2
Bulls	—	—	1,648	160.22/cwt	153.00–170.00	2,640	5
Bulls	—	—	1,137	135.34/cwt	128.00–141.00	1,539	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	109.92/cwt	100.00–117.00	1,084	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	849	97.53/cwt	90.00–103.00	828	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	745	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	369.87/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,221	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	235.68/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	351.56/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,315	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	288.84/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,202	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	540	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	254.09/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	453	272.29/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,233	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	232.97/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,218	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	274.86/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,003	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	222.70/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,358	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	338.95/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	277.56/cwt	270.00–285.00	910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	242.49/cwt	237.50–255.00	1,414	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	221.23/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,279	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	322.71/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,023	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,330	1

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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